# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Auth provider alias normalization inconsistency fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #57309: Bug: hermes auth add rejects provider aliases accepted by hermes model
- PR #57312: fix(auth): unify provider alias normalization between auth commands and model selection
- PR #57327: fix(auth): shared provider alias normalization for hermes auth commands

These items address a bug where provider aliases accepted by the model selection command are rejected by auth commands. The fix unifies alias normalization logic across both auth and model selection flows.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #57309: Bug: hermes auth add rejects provider aliases accepted by hermes model

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#57312: fix(auth): unify provider alias normalization between auth commands and model selection**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `73163d543`, `#57327`
  - files: `hermes_cli/auth.py`, `hermes_cli/auth_commands.py`
- **#57327: fix(auth): shared provider alias normalization for hermes auth commands**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#62467`, `#57309`
  - files: `hermes_cli/auth.py`, `hermes_cli/auth_commands.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_commands.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`